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DEAL News: SCRATCH by Becky Blake

CBC Short Story Prize Winner Becky Blake‘s debut novel, SCRATCH, about a young thief and aspiring artist on the run from an assault charge in Toronto who attempts to start her life over on the streets of Barcelona, entering an underground world of pickpockets, squatters and graffiti artists. North American rights to Wolsak & Wynn’s Buckrider Books for Spring 2019 by Stephanie Sinclair of the Transatlantic Agency.

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Author of ARE WE SCREWED? Geoff Dembicki (Bloomsbury Publishing USA) talks to experts on #climatechange and the policies they would put in place in his insightful VICE article "An Optimist's Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World".

"...in this debut picture book, Pignat turns to simple acrostic poems to celebrate the variety and fecundity of nature...There are surprisingly few picture books of acrostic poetry. The form demands engagement and consideration as to how each poem relates to its topic word...In combination with rich illustrations that amplify the text, Poetree is a pleasing encounter with this literary form."-Quill & Quire on Caroline Pignat's enchanting picture book, POETREE (Red Deer Press)

Caroline Pignat's Poetree is a departure from her previous work. It's not that she is a stranger to poetry; her Governor General's Literary Award winner The Gospel Truth was written in free verse, and poetry was one of the forms used to tell the story in Shooter, her most recent YA novel. While reco...